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Monthly Archives: July 2012
English Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the Centre for Medical Humanities
Applications are invited for two Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions in the Department of English Studies, Durham University. The first post is funded by the Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham which is supported by a Strategic Award in the Medical Humanities … Continue reading
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Tagged english, Hearing the Voice, literary theory, literature, medical humanities
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Hearing the Voice: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in English, Psychology, Philosophy
The Hearing the Voice project team is looking to appoint three Postdoctoral Research Fellows in the Departments of Philosophy, Psychology and English at Durham University to start from 1 October 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter. We are looking … Continue reading
Arts and Health Perfect Bedfellows at Olympics Opening
Mike White writes: The most resonant image, for me, from the post-modernist jamboree of the Olympics opening ceremony was that of hundreds of children bouncing on NHS beds. Daring to epitomise our national values at a global sporting event in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts in Health
Tagged arts, arts in health, medical humanities, NHS, olympic opening ceremony
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“Oral phenomenology” Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (CFP)
“Oral phenomenology” Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Guest Editor: István Aranyosi (Bilkent University) The oral cavity is an anatomical unit most relevant to contemporary approaches in the philosophy and psychology of perception which consider the senses as integrated … Continue reading
Getting Better: How Philosophy Can Help Things Improve – Prof Graham Parkes (Seminar, Durham Philosophy Department, 6 August 2012)
Readers of this blog are warmly invited to a talk by Professor Graham Parkes (UC Cork), entitled ‘Getting Better: How Philosophy Can Help Things Improve‘, hosted by the Applied Phenomenology Research Group, on Monday 6th August, 10.30am, in room 005, 48/49 Old … Continue reading
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Tagged applied phenomenology, flourishing, phenomenology, philosophy
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Birthing Babies Together – A documentary aimed at finding common ground between all healthcare workers involved in obstetrical care
Danielle Lewis, Bailey Adams and Katie Stringer write: We wanted to share a medical student initiative with you call “Birthing Babies Together.” We are a group of three medical students from the University of Alberta creating an educational documentary. We … Continue reading
Ethnographic perspectives on ‘global mental health’, World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), University of Manchester (CfP, Conference, 5-10 August 2013))
Deadline extended to August 3rd, 2012 Paper submissions are invited for a panel titled: Ethnographic perspectives on ‘global mental health’ at The 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), University of Manchester, UK, 5-10 … Continue reading
Theorising disability and chronic illness: Where next for perspectives in medical sociology?
The Social Theory and Health Annual Lecture has just been published and may be of interest to medical humanities scholars. Carol Thomas, “Theorising disability and chronic illness: Where next for perspectives in medical sociology?” Social Theory & Health 2012 (10): … Continue reading
Shared Traumas, Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning (Psychoanalysis and Politics Conference, London, October 2012)
Psychoanalysis and Politics: Shared Traumas, Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning Autumn Symposium, 19 and 20 October British Psychoanalytical Society, 112a Shirland Road, London The symposium questions the junctions of the private and the public when it comes to trauma, … Continue reading
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Tagged CFP, conference, Madness and psychopathology, psychoanalysis, trauma
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Whither medical humanities? Navjeevan Singh reflects on the importance of including the humanities in the medical curriculum in India
Dr Satendra Singh, Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University College of Medical Sciences at the University of Delhi, writes: The current issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics contains an essay “Whither Medical Humanities?” by Prof Navjeevan Singh, Coordinator, Medical … Continue reading
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